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HPS Capstone: Metascience Past, Present and Future - ARTS3300
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History and Philosophy
 
 
Course Outline: Contact School
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Enrolment in a major in History and Philosophy of Science and the completion of 96 uoc overall including 12 uoc at Level 3 in the major sequence
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Subject Area: History and Philosophy of Science

The course provides an induction into the professional world of HPS through a weekly seminar which: examines the history of the field and its sub-fields in the 20th and 21st centuries as a basis for understanding present and possible futures; provides an integrating overview of a range of current preoccupations and controversies within the field; considers the variety of contexts in which HPS practitioners ply their skills (in education, journalism, museology, policy, activism) and how they do so; reflects upon the professional and ethical challenges that can arise in research and also in such activities as engaging in popularisation of the field, providing policy advice, tendering expert evidence in court, and combining the roles of expert and activist in public controversies.

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